Citation Analysis Overview
Citation Analysis involves finding articles that have cited an article of interest. There are multiple sources that provide citation analysis on the library website.
*It's a good idea to search multiple sources that offer citation analysis as no single source will know the exact amount of articles that have cited another article.
Databases that provide citation analysis of Health Science articles:
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
This version provides links to TXST resources. Searches scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports.
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Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary index to the most cited journal literature of the sciences. Covers all science disciplines. 1899 to present.
Citation Analysis using Google Scholar
Citation Chasing using Google Scholar
1. Access Google Scholar on the Databases page.
2. Search for the title of the original article (or do a keyword search).
3. On the results page, click the "Cited by" link underneath the description of the article(s).
Citation Analysis using Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)
Citation Chasing using Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)
1. Access the database Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science) on the Databases page.
2. Do a title search for the article title.
3. On the results page, click the Citations link to retrieve a list of articles that have cited the original article.
